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home in their castle
Kel and Anne Bayless live a fairy tale dream in their very
own castle
Jennifer Kettler
Jennifer Kettler
Jennifer Kettler
Boaters near the Niangua arm of Lake of the Ozarks have gawked at
an unusual construction site for nearly 15 years. Sitting high on the
hill, hidden among lush oaks, stands a structure created mostly of
cinder blocks called "Old Cross Castle."
Approaching the
fortress, you might think you've stepped into the Middle
Ages as you come upon a dragon wading in a moat. You rub your eyes in disbelief
as the immense archway above a wooden drawbridge welcomes you into a courtyard.
Thirty-foot towers and curtain walls surround you as a knight in shining armor
stands on the lookout. Not until owners Kel and Anne Bayless greet you in shorts
and T-shirts do you realize this isn't a dream.
"It's not a
fantasyland," says Kel. "It's reality."
Making a weekend
home seven miles outside of Greenview, the Kansas City, Kan., residents have
been building their lakeside castle one cinder block at a time every weekend
since 1990.
"I just thought it would be fun to build something
that really you just couldn't get done," says Kel. "The
fun is in the adventure of doing it. I don't even look forward to the
day when I can stand back and say, 'Aw, it's done.' I'm
enjoying the trip."
Savoring the process is important to the couple.
They want to do everything right to ensure the longevity of the castle.
Plus, they feel hurried enough at work with Kel being a crane broker
and Anne keeping busy as an accountant.
Anne laughs as she remembers
how the castle came to be."He was supposed to build me a vacation
log cabin," she says. Plans quickly changed when Kel realized
there was a security problem with a log cabin in the woods.
"I thought if we build a log cabin
it could be like Ha Ha Tonka, burn down and nobody would be there to
put it out," explains Kel, a Southwest Electric
Cooperative member. "We needed some kind of security. So, I figured
a 15-foot stone wall, a drawbridge and a moat would take care of the fire
and security problems. Plus, the other side drops down to the lake so you
can always pour hot oil on intruders," Kel says with a laugh.
prepared for intruders and using the castle as a protective palace is
what makes Kel's creation unique. Contrary to popular belief,
a Medieval stone building, with towers is not what makes a castle authentic.
The dictionary defines a castle as a large fortified building that
provides safety against invasion or a massive, imposing house. With
the castle's enormous
size and 14-foot curtain walls this structure is sure to keep the bad
guys away.
castles around Missouri
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The inspiration for the castle came on a business trip to
Ireland. After standing beneath a 1,200 year-old archway, Kel became
fascinated with enduring architecture.
"A castle hopefully is
built to last," he says. "So it will
last long past anybody who has any clue who I am."
As Kel and Anne
look out over the lake, they reflect on how far they've
"When we first started construction we used to stay in
a camper with no electricity and take jug showers," says Kel. "Now
with the structure up and indoor plumbing, we're thrilled."
pushes open a heavy wooden door to reveal the interior of one of the
four hexagon-shaped towers. Instead of golden goblets and fine china
on the dining room table, paper plates and plastic cups sit on a picnic
table. Exposed insulation and unlaid carpet squares make you realize
this palace is a work in progress.
Working on the castle is a slow process
with only two people. The only hired help they had was from Chris Kuse
who did all of the intricate masonry work. Everything else is done
by Kel and Anne, who have never built anything before.
"I don't
think there's anything I can't do," says
With no plans for the castle, he has the freedom to have fun with
the architecture and create whatever he wants. The castle's medieval
style includes crenelations (the teeth-like pattern along tower tops),
a working drawbridge and spear-rod iron gates that display Kel's
handcrafted shields.
Perhaps Kel's freedom of expression is best
represented in the windows that give the fortress its name. Each cross-shaped
window is welded by Kel and placed in the castle as a subtle symbol
of the couple's spirituality.
The Christian couple enjoys working
together and doesn't see the castle
as a home but as a dream. They want to show kids that anything is possibe
if they try.
"I've watched kids come in and you can just
see it," says Kel. "Instantly
they'll start thinking, 'Here's a dragon in a moat
and a drawbridge. This is a real castle.' Then they walk away
saying, 'Yeah, you can
do it. It can be done. Look there, they're doing it.'"
high school sweethearts don't think of themselves as exceptional
and believe anybody can do what they're doing. Despite rumors,
they are not rich. They pay for the castle as they go and use donated
labor, materials and furniture.
Every Fourth of July, family, friends
and strangers show up for Kel's semi-professional
fireworks display with his cannons by the lakeshore.
"One of the
most significant reasons for creating this- place is so family and
friends can come and enjoy themselves for not a lot of money," he
says. "All
they have to do is pay for food and gas to get down here."
humble couple doesn't plan on going from rags to riches anytime
soon. They still have to install a roof, windows and doors, stucco
the outside walls, add a fountain to the courtyard and complete all
of the interior design and landscaping.
When the couple retires in
six years, they hope to open the castle to the public as a bed and
breakfast. They are even considering hosting Renaissance festivals.
the castle is not officially open for business or tours, Kel and Anne
welcome people to stop by on the weekends and see the castle or lend
a hand.
Kel believes the experience of building something permanent
for his family will inspire future generations to do something others
"A certain kind of personality has an interest
in life and wants to live beyond what the average Joe would do," Kel
says. "Climb a little
higher. Run a little faster. Do something different than everybody
To contact Kel and Anne Bayless write to 9735 Aberdeen, Overland
Park, Kan., 66206. Jennifer Kettler, the author and photographer of this
story, was a summer intern at Rural Missouri in 2005.

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I have used Sibelius for 18 months now, but I am now very disappointed about their license policy and pricing. A recent online offer for free Sibelius First turns out to be chargeable after 1 month, plus the new software has completely disabled my original Sibelius software. Plus, I have contacted Sibelius for help, but no reply received from last week - so they seem uninterested.
I compose roughly to grade 4 / 5, mainly for piano, with a few occasional additonal instruments, but nothing too elaborate.
Could anyone recommend a user friendly notation software package - staright forward an deasy to use
Many thanks!
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Allen West open to Rubio challenge
Former Rep. Allen West on Wednesday didn't rule out a future primary challenge to Sen. Marco Rubio.
"As I have always said, I will serve this country in whatever capacity I possibly can," West said on WMAL radio on Wednesday, when pressed as to whether he would challenge Rubio (R-Fla.) in 2016. "My most important concern is my country. If I see people that are not taking our country down the right path, if I see people that are not standing up for the right type of principles, and putting their own party politics before what is best for the United States of America."
West, a firebrand Republican from the Sunshine State, then pivoted to expressing concerns with immigration legislation, in which Rubio is a key player. During the interview, he was asked several times when he would consider challenging Rubio.
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"That's a pretty heavy lift, because you're talking about running against a sitting senator, and then, of course, that creates that schism that the other side would love to see happen," he said, when initially asked the question. When pushed further, he rejoined, "Chirping…chirping…chirping…" with a laugh.
"We'll see what happens down the pike, God will set my feet down the right path," West added later.


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Lincoln Electric Holdings
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Comparing the upcoming quarter to the prior-year quarter, average analyst estimates predict Lincoln Electric Holdings's revenues will expand 1.8% and EPS will expand 9.9%.
The average estimate for revenue is $757.3 million. On the bottom line, the average EPS estimate is $0.89.
Revenue details
Last quarter, Lincoln Electric Holdings tallied revenue of $718.6 million. GAAP reported sales were 1.2% lower than the prior-year quarter's $727.1 million.
Source: S&P Capital IQ. Quarterly periods. Dollar amounts in millions. Non-GAAP figures may vary to maintain comparability with estimates.
EPS details
Last quarter, non-GAAP EPS came in at $0.92. GAAP EPS of $0.80 for Q1 were 5.3% higher than the prior-year quarter's $0.76 per share.
Source: S&P Capital IQ. Quarterly periods. Non-GAAP figures may vary to maintain comparability with estimates.
Recent performance
For the preceding quarter, gross margin was 31.8%, 220 basis points better than the prior-year quarter. Operating margin was 13.8%, 120 basis points better than the prior-year quarter. Net margin was 9.3%, 50 basis points better than the prior-year quarter.
Looking ahead
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So Miss Snark, you say, there's a lot of sturm und drang about Barbara Bauer, one of the 20 Worst Literary Agents. Lots of people saying lots of stuff. How about you SHOW not tell, kinda like you're always yapping about on those query letters.
Fair enough.
Open a new window and paste in the URL of Barbara Bauer, one of the 20 Worst Literary Agents. Here it is:
See the button that says "our client's work"? Click it.
Or use this link: Barbara Bauer, one of the 20 Worst Agents, Client List
Notice it starts out with "Below are just a few of the many companies who have worked with our clients".
Ok. Sound good? Notice the word "sold" doesn't appear. Nor the phrase "here are the books we've sold"
If you look at other agent's websites you'll notice they list the CLIENT names and which client may have been on Oprah, or Rikki Lake, or NYPD Blue. Click any agent pretty much at random off the AAR list, or the Publishers Marketplace list and see what I mean.
And "book publishers who've worked with our clients"?? What the hell kind of claptrap is that?
Have they published ANY of the books you represent? NO.
How do I know this?
Cause I clicked on the links section and all those authors have "prepublished books"...and they're "ready for publication" and "ready for sale"...ie NOT sold to a publisher. I know this cause the name of any publisher is sadly absent. Any agent worth his/her salt posts deals pretty promptly with at least the name of the publisher and FORTHCOMING to indicate it's a new deal. Trouble is of course, you have to sell something to someone to say that.
oh wait, there is one guy who has a book published, and it's for sale on Amazon. Just to double check that Barbara Bauer, one of the 20 worst agents, really was 0-0, I googled the publisher.
Take a look at their agreement.
Boy, I'd sure want to advertise a vanity press publication on my agency's website!
And the piece de resistence is "some popular books the agency helped get published".
Barbara Bauer has been yapping a lot about people "libelling" her. Here's a clue Babs:
It's not libel if you tell the truth.
It's not libel if you point out that there are no sales on a self styled literary agent's website and that is a HUGE WARNING SIGN FOR A SCAMMER.
Barbara Bauer, you are a scam artist. You know it. I know it. And now, about 3,000 more people know it cause that's the numbe of hits on this blog in a day.
You can storm around all you want and huff and puff till the house blows down. I have only one question, Babs, honey: "What have you sold"?
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Dr. P. Narayana
From starting a small mathematics coaching centre in 1979 to establishing a monolith of myriad and dynamic academic institutions, Dr. Ponguru Narayana has come a long way in pioneering what is today the Narayana Group of Educational Institutions, known best for its exceptional quality and holistic development. Hailing from the coastal town of Nellore in Andhra Pradesh, P. Narayana is a post-graduate gold medalist in Statistics from S.V University, Tirupathi, who began his career with a humble vision to train young minds towards discernable achievements in science and technology. As favourable results showed persistently, the scope of his vision expanded in multitudinous folds, contributing ever since to the growth of his academic ventures.
From residential schools to professional colleges and coaching centres across the country today, Dr. P. Narayana's institutional envoy is transforming conventional and categorized education into an interdisciplinary confluence for the best scholastic and non-scholastic personality development. Under his guidance, the Narayana Group has gathered reputation for being one of the most preferred educational destinations for securing top ranks in various competitive examinations at state, national and international levels. Driven by the ambition to create young and dynamic individuals ever year, the institution founded by Dr. Narayana is etching strong impressions in the annals of India's progress in education.
Dr. P. Narayana is an epitome in the country for good leadership qualities, intellectual prowess, scientific temper and effective oratory. He is also known for his charitable disposition in financially supporting meritorious and economically backward students for continual of their education. The most illustrative representation of his social-good and administrative capabilities is the fact that he is the serving cabinet minister of Municipal Administration, Urban Planning and Development for the newly formed state of Andhra Pradesh. Despite taking up varied responsibilities, Dr. Narayana's missionary zeal to work tirelessly for academia in common cause remains undeterred against all odds.


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text: Ok so we are totally newbies and trying to bring our Holiday Mansion houseboat to a newer modern look without doing any damage to the boat. We would like to remove the carpet from off of the walls and put something a little more modern. Also we have 2 full beds (mattress touching 3 walls) we would like to make a king and some storage --- any ideas would be lovely.


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Jeremy Paxman has announced he is quitting the flagship current affairs show Newsnight saying he wants to "go to bed at much the same time as most people".
The broadcaster, one of the most familiar faces on the BBC Two show, is one of the corporation's biggest stars.
In a statement, he said: "I have decided it is time to move on from Newsnight.
"After 25 years, I should rather like to go to bed at much the same time as most people.
"This was a decision I reached - and informed the BBC of - last July. I shall work out the remainder of my contract and will not seek another.
"It's been fun. I have had the pleasure of working with lots of clever, creative and amusing people. I think I've been lucky and wish the programme well."
The BBC said Paxman, who has been on Newsnight for a quarter of a century, agreed to stay to help its new editor "following a difficult period" which saw the show lambasted after it pulled a planned expose of Jimmy Savile's sex crimes.
A corporation spokeswoman said: "The BBC is immensely grateful for this gesture, which is entirely in keeping with his outstanding contribution to both Newsnight and, over four decades, the BBC itself."
He will present his last show in June and continue to host quiz show University Challenge.
Director-general Tony Hall said: "This is a particularly poignant moment for me, because I have known Jeremy and relished working with him, since the day I joined the BBC in 1973. And I am therefore better placed than most to know what a remarkable job he has done at Newsnight.
"His is a rare and dazzling talent. He has a unique ability to create moments of real discomfort for politicians and memorable delight for audiences. For that cussed brilliance and much more besides, the BBC and our audiences will always be in his debt."
The BBC's director of news, James Harding, said Paxman was the "great lion of BBC journalism".
He said: "We accept his decision to move on but I think it is fair to say that the only people really celebrating his decision will be the politicians and public figures he has so often and so brilliantly held to account."
The show's new editor, Ian Katz, said it had been "a huge privilege" to work with Paxman and said he was "deeply grateful" to him for agreeing to stay on.
Paxman, whose BBC biography says he got his break in broadcasting "making the tea at Radio Brighton", has spent his working life with the corporation.
His career includes a stint covering the troubles in Northern Ireland and working as a presenter on radio, breakfast TV and the Six O'Clock News before finding the show he would make his own.
His abrasive questioning style - often complete with a condescending raised eyebrow at the subsequent answer - did not always make him popular with guests but made the show a hit.
He made the headlines himself when during the course of an interview he asked Conservative politician Michael Howard the same question 12 times in succession but still failed to get an answer he deemed satisfactory.
Other victims of his probing approach include former prime minister Tony Blair, who was asked if he and US president George W Bush "prayed together", and George Galloway who quit an interview live on air during an election count.
His sardonic approach went beyond politics, he once introduced a weather report with the words: "And for tonight's weather - it's April, what do you expect?"
The Leeds-born broadcaster, who studied at Cambridge University, is the author of a string of books including studies of Victorian Britain, politics and fishing.
He started presenting University Challenge in 1994. His appearance in the second series of genealogy programme Who Do You Think You Are caused a stir when he broke down in tears after learning of his ancestors' struggle in the poverty of a Glasgow tenement block.


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Four office buildings, theater planned for downtown Palo Alto
The City of Palo Alto and philanthropist John Arrillaga are pushing forward a sweeping development plan that would add a complex of four office towers, including one 10 stories in height, and a new theater to one of the most central areas of downtown. Rendering courtesy of the City of Palo Alto.
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Typically, a new release of Windows brings a jump in PC sales as excited users buy hardware matched with the shiny new operating system. But much to the dismay of computer makers, that didn't happen with Windows 8.
In fact, the revamped interface of the world's most popular PC OS may even have hurt sales. As I wrote in April, IDC says global PC shipments dropped almost 14 percent, and Windows 8 was one reason.
Now, at least one manufacturer is looking forward to the death of a Microsoft operating system to help goose sales of its systems. On Monday, HP executives said at a user conference in Las Vegas that the pending demise of Windows XP is a "big opportunity."
At HP's user conference here, Windows 8 is prominent. But what seemed to get HP officials excited wasn't the upcoming update of Windows 8, but Microsoft's planned end of support next year for Windows XP.
HP was none-too-subtle about it.
At a press conference Monday, HP officials flashed a slide that said, simply, "Goodbye XP, Hello HP."
"We think this will bring a big opportunity for HP," said Enrique Lore, senior vice president and general manager of HP's business PC unit.
On April 8, 2014, Microsoft will end all support for Windows XP. That means there will no longer be any patches or fixes to this creaky OS, even for security problems. Individuals and businesses who continue to use it after that date are on their own, and will be putting themselves at serious risk. They'll also be putting others at risk, because most malware attempts to spread to other vulnerable machines via internal networks and the Internet. XP users will become bad network neighbors starting in April.
Windows XP never was very secure to start with, and although it has been hardened over time, it remains a primary target for Windows-based malware. That's only going to get worse a year from now.
This is a particularly big problem for businesses. HP's Lore told Computerworld that between 40 and 50 percent of businesses still use Windows XP. Many companies don't want to face the cost of upgrading, or are using it with applications that won't work on newer versions of Windows. And, corporate inertia is also a factor.
But those excuses may all go out the window once XP loses support and cyberscum start taking advantage of flaws that aren't being patched.
HP thinks it can sell lots of PCs to businesses as the April 2014 deadline approaches, then passes. And those PCs likely will be outfitted with Windows 8:
Lore was asked, in a later interview, whether the demand for XP replacement systems could help sales more than Windows 8. His response was unequivocal: "Yes, significantly more, especially on the commercial side," he said.
Microsoft has already extended the life of XP, and won't do it again. The company knows XP's death will be good for Windows 8's life.
If you're still running Windows XP, is the end-of-life point in April enough to get to you move on to a modern OS? If your workplace is still dug in with XP, what are its plans? Let us know in the comments.


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It takes courage to grow up and become who your really are. -- E.E. Cummings
Kelly and I simultaneously arrive at the fridge to scope out the leftovers situation. Containers of various shapes and sizes come flying out as Stubbs circles in a one-cat conga line, hoping for tidbits. Kelly, the vegetarian, makes an overflowing plate of veggies, avocado and lentils; bangers -- Irish sausage -- and mash are calling my name loud and clear.
I'm a comfort food junkie; my mom was the Bobby Flay of comfort food cooking and Sunday family drives always ended up at a roadside diner or drive-in -- comfort food emporiums that served food for the soul. Over the years my comfort food zone has grown exponentially to include many ethnic cuisines: Irish, Mexican, Indian, Japanese and Indonesian get top billing.
Comfort foods are known for their ability to provide a sense of emotional security and an opportunity to revisit childhood memories. They create a positive connection with the past.
Meanwhile, comfort zones, which are supposed to provide emotional security, really create an artificial mental boundary with an unfounded sense of security; a prison of our own devising that prevents us from experimenting with new and different behaviors and limits our potential. Staying in your comfort zone makes it hard to find your true path in life.
Comfort zones can describe a person's personality and like inertia, a person who has established a comfort zone in a particular part of his or her life will tend to stay within that zone without stepping outside of it. To step outside one's comfort zone can be extremely difficult and anxiety-producing.
My mantra as a parent has been for my daughters to find their path in life, do well and be happy. Over the years we've had many late night conversations about life, careers and -- of course -- boys. We call them chat-and-chews, and they usually include reheated comfort food and chocolate. Nothing beats hanging out with my daughters.
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airbase in southern Afghanistan just hours after the U.S. defense secretary left Thursday, killing two civilians, wounding 15 and injuring four foreign soldiers, police said.
There was no indication that the attack was connected with defense chief
Leon Panetta
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's visit, a U.S.
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"I have no information at this time that this incident was associated with the visit of the secretary of defense. The attack occurred after the secretary returned to Kabul."
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Panetta was due to hold a
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face on the successor state to the Taliban. After the 2004 presidential election, he was declared president regardless of what the actual vote count was. He won a second, even more dubious, five-year-term after the 2009 presidential election. His grip on reality has been slipping steadily since around 2007, probably from heavy drug use...
later Thursday.
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The Vatican on Friday released details of Benedict's life inside Castel Gandolfo, the vacation retreat where at 8 p.m. Thursday he became the first pope in 600 years to retire.
Benedict's secretary, Monsignor Georg Gaenswein, reported to the Vatican that after Benedict said his final public farewell, he ate dinner, took his typical constitutional walk in the palace and watched TV news of his last day as pope. Gaenswein reported he slept well, celebrated Mass as usual and had breakfast, according to the Vatican spokesman.
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COLUMBIA, Mo.—University of Missouri system officials have notified several hundred participants in the university's Choice Health Care Program that health care communications were mailed from Coventry Health Care to incorrect addresses earlier this month.
According to Coventry Health Care, which administers the university's medical benefits plans, a computer malfunction aligned names with the wrong addresses. The problematic mailing only involved Choice Health Care Program members and did not affect participants in the Catastrophic Medical Program or the Retiree Indemnity Medical Program. This mailing error caused benefit statements, health services letters and new ID cards to be mailed to the wrong persons. While some of these items contained personal information, such as name, member number and birth date, no social security numbers of the participants were disclosed. In addition, none of the services included mental health or pharmacy services.
"We discovered that the computer error occurred between January 6th and 10th, and upon learning of the error, we took immediate corrective actions to address this error," said Roman Kulich, President and CEO of Coventry Health Care/GHP in St. Louis. "After correcting the error, we began working with officials to notify those affected. In addition, we implemented new system safeguards to prevent this type of error from happening again."
University officials said an employee brought the matter to their attention on Jan. 14 and they immediately contacted Coventry to find out what had happened. On Jan. 20, Coventry provided university officials with an explanation of the situation and answers to some of their questions. The university then mailed letters to employees affected by the software error on Jan. 21 to apprise them of the situation.
"We are clearly concerned by this, as the privacy of health plan participants' information is of the utmost importance to us," said Kelley Stuck, who oversees UM faculty and staff benefits programs. "We have asked Coventry to take steps to attempt to recover the misdirected mail, and we have provided participants affected by this error with steps they can take to protect themselves."
She said these measures include: asking health providers to confirm the identity of individuals seeking services under their insurance number and to carefully review Coventry correspondence just as they would their credit card statements to ensure services actually have been provided. Stuck added that Coventry is cooperating fully with the university on this matter and "has assured us that this matter is their highest priority."
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Tommy Adrian Sands (born August 27, 1937) is an American pop music singer and actor.
Born into a musical family in Chicago, Illinois, Sands' father was a pianist and his mother a big-band singer. While still young, he moved with his family to Shreveport, Louisiana. Sands began playing the guitar at age eight and within a year had a job performing twice weekly on a local radio station. He was only 15 when Colonel Tom Parker heard about him and signed him to RCA Records.
Sands' initial recordings achieved little in the way of sales but in early 1957 he was given the opportunity to star in an episode of Kraft Television Theatre. He played the part of a singer who was very similar to Elvis Presley, with guitar, bouffant hair, and excitable teenage fans. On the show, his song presentation of a Joe Allison composition called "Teen-Age Crush" went over big with the young audience and, released as a 45 rpm single by Capitol Records, it went to No.3 on the Billboard Hot 100 record chart. His track, "The Old Oaken Bucket", peaked at #25 in the UK Singles Chart in 1960.


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Horrible Bosses stars Jennifer Aniston and Jason Sudeikis may be reuniting for another comedy. Deadline reports that Aniston is in talks to star in the comedy We're the Millers, and Sudeikis is apparently eyeing a role. The film centers on "a pot dealer who pulls together a fake wife and two kids to pose as an RV road-tripping family so that he can smuggle 1000 pounds of pot cross country." Aniston would play the wife, who's actually a hooker, and Sudeikis is circling the pot smuggler role. The pic was written by Wedding Crashers scribes Bob Fisher and Steve Faber, and Rawson Thurber (Dodgeball: A True Story) is set to direct.
Aniston is an incredibly gifted comedic actress when given the right material (see: Horrible Bosses) and Sudeikis has crackerjack charisma, so I'd love to see these two team up on this project. The tone is described as a "warped Vacation", and Harry Potter producer David Heyman is producing alongside Happy Walters, Vince Newman and Tucker Tooley.


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The US women's water polo team took gold today, stomping out Spain 8-5. When the game ended, the team and coaching staff linked arms and took a ceremonious plunge into the pool. One of the coaches, who was already a little late to this party, jumped in after them, only to land crotch-first on the head of one of the other coaches (watch carefully at 0:15). Instead of swimming away—as one might do after landing on someone's head—he seems to just say "fuck it," and sits there on the guy's shoulders as he slowly sinks to the bottom of the pool. But whatever, he obviously totally meant to do that.
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Well who else would it be?
He was the Best Actor. His costars were the Best Supporting Actors. His film was the Best Film. Colin Firth went home and they called her Your Majesty. Also, I just tried to spell that with a "G" and got told off by spellcheck and for that I blame Madonna. But I digress. Now you're mad at me for including Madonna in an article about Colin, right? It's just mistake on top of mistake, this post.
Let's start over shall we?
Colin Firth is King. Colin Firth with his lovely wife, running a campaign that has turned off no-one, which, because we're all cynical bitches, is a rarity these days. This is Colin's second BAFTA Best Actor win in a row; he was honoured last year for his work in A Single Man.
We have one stop to go. Some would say that's the real crown.
February 27th. And I'm in the press room afterwards, where all the winners stop by before the Governor's Ball. Please let him come back there and be delightful. Please.
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LORAIN - The woes continued for the Lorain County Ironmen as they dropped its fourth-straight in an 11-2 loss to the Butler Blue Sox.
Butler (18-13) got to Ironmen starting pitcher Ben Standiford early and often.
In the top of the third inning, Butler's Ryan Uhl was hit by pitch and Zac LaNeve drew a walk. Two batters later, Mick Fennell lined a single to right field scoring Uhl and advancing LaNeve to third.
LaNeve would score on a wild pitch by Standiford to give the Blue Sox a 2-0 lead.
Later in the inning Matt Peters laced a triple to center field, scoring Fennell. Cody Herald singled to center and Nick Sell doubled to give the Blue Sox a 5-0 lead after the third inning.
'Butler kind of earned it tonight, they hit the ball hard tonight,' Ironmen manager Joe Rhomberg said. 'We came out that third inning and Standiford lost his focus there for a minute and he just over-adjusted.'
In the top of the fifth, Butler tacked on another run.
With two outs, Peters hit a single to right field and advanced to third after Ironmen's Kyle Chontos misplayed the ball in the outfield. Cody Herald followed with a single to center field to put Butler up 6-0.
After being no hit through 5 2/3 innings by Blue Sox starting pitcher Mitch Patishall, Chontos got the first hit for the Ironmen - a double to right center. Lou Peterlin followed but was unable to drive home Chontos after flying out to right field.
Butler padded to its lead, scoring three runs in the top of the seventh to go up 9-0.
Standiford surrendered two-straight singles to Taylor Schmidt and Fennell. Schmidt, who advanced to third on the single by Fennell, scored when Collin Masanelli flew out to right field.
After walking Peters, Herald singled, scoring Fennell to put the Blue Sox up 8-0. That was when Standiford was pulled from the game.
Standiford went 6 1/3, allowing nine runs on 10 hits while walking three and striking out three. He drops to 1-3 on the season.
Jamie MacLean came on in relief for the Ironmen, allowing an unearned run after Sell drove in Peters on a fly out to right field. MacLean struck out Stuart Levy to end the seventh inning.
Lorain County (11-19) showed signs of life offensively in the bottom of the eighth inning.
Ironmen's Andrew Gronski doubled, driving in Chontos who singled earlier in the inning to make the game 9-1. Addison Rospert followed with an infield single to second base, scoring Lou Peterlin who reached on an error after Chontos singled.
Herald added to his stat line, hitting a two-run single in the top of the ninth to put the Blue Sox up 11-2. He also pitched the final inning of the game, allowing one hit while walking one. Herald finished the game 4 for 5 with 3 RBI.
Patishall improves to 2-1 on the year after pitching seven shutout innings. He allowed one hit, walked one and struck out three.
Lorain County will look to end its losing streak as they hit the road to take on the West Virginia Miners on July 4.


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Climate change & the global economy: Quantifying the impact
Climate change & the global economy: Quantifying the impact
Climate damage functions: quantifying the impact on activity
Early estimates of the cost of global warming on world GDP emerged in the early 1990s and since then there have been a number of studies that have both agreed with and contradicted the initial assessments.
Covington and Thamotheram (2015) base their analysis on so called "climate damage functions" that quantify the risk the economy faces as a result of climate change.
Economic climate damage is defined as the fractional loss in annual economic output at a given level of warming compared to output in the same economy with no warming.
Climate damage functions plot the level of output lost over a range of warming estimates, with all functions predicting a greater loss in annual economic output as the level of warming rises.
However, amongst the estimated climate damage functions there is a lack of consensus as to how damages evolve as warming gradually increases.
The below figure and table summarise a number of estimated economic damage functions, named after their respective originators.
We briefly discuss each climate damage function below, focusing on the 4°C mark, given that the World Bank estimates there is a 40% chance of exceeding this level by 2100, assuming emissions follow a "medium business-as-usual pathway".
Varying estimates of climate change damage
Estimates of climate change damage vary according to whether there is a tipping point at which damage accelerates
The "N-damages" climate damage function, named after its originator Nordhaus (2013), is widely used by economists and is the least concerning of the three climate damage functions.
Climate damage under this function would be progressive whereby no tipping point is reached and the world's population has the greatest amount of time to offset any negative effects of global warming.
It can be seen that by the year in which the world is 4°C warmer, annual economic output will be just 4% lower than a base case with no warming.
The baseline case in Nordhaus's study is for warming of around 3.8% by 2100.
Nordhaus believes the economic impact of climate change is likely to be small over the next couple of decades and that agriculture is the most exposed sector to global warming.
Although the cumulative effects are reasonable at the point at which 4°C is reached, the loss in terms of average annual growth would be extremely small and difficult to distinguish given that it will take many decades to reach 4°C of warming based on current estimates.
The "W-damages" function was produced by Weitzman (2012) and estimates that by the time 4°C of warming is reached, 9% of annual economic output will be lost relative to the base with no warming effect.
Under this scenario, those industries that are largely predisposed to climate change risk globally are likely to be affected:
- Insurance
- Agriculture
- Forestry.
However, Pearce et al (1996) believe that only a fraction of the market economy is vulnerable to global warming:
- Agriculture
- Coastal resources
- Energy
- Forestry
- Tourism
- Water
These sectors contribute just 5% of global GDP to which their share is expected to shrink overtime (Mendelsohn, 2013).
This can be seen when we translate the damage function into the effect on economic growth.
If we assume a base case of 3% annual economic growth and that 4°C warming is reached by 2080, we find that annual growth will be paired back to 2.85%.
This is based on an economy that is 9% smaller due to climate damage in 2080 relative to an economy with no warming.
An effective loss of 0.15% per annum could be seen to warrant some attention from policymakers and the government alike, but is unlikely to be sufficiently powerful to promote a significant response to climate change.
In the most severe case, global GDP growth would be some 1% lower per annum
The final climate damage function, "DS-damages", named after Dietz and Stern (2014) is the most extreme scenario in which the global economy would suffer considerable loss as a result of climate change.
Warming unfolds over time and actions today have implications for the future.
Under this scenario, as and when warming extends to 4°C, annual economic output will be 50% lower compared to a scenario where no warming occurs.
To put this into perspective, Dietz and Stern estimate warming of approximately 3.5°C by 2100.
If we take a stricter approach however, using the same assumptions as the W-damages function above but assuming 4°C is reached in 2080, the base case 3% annual economic growth rate falls to just 1.9% a year.
Reaching the tipping point
At this rate, climate change is set to have a noticeable impact on future growth and living standards.
Reaching a tipping point at 2-3°C, as Dietz and Stern predict, could therefore be seen as a crucial stage of warming for the global economy whereby the costs of insufficient action significantly weigh on growth.
Christine Lagarde, head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), believes the planet is "perilously close" to a climate change tipping point to the extent that climate change poses the greatest economic challenge of the 21st century.
Below we summarise some additional benchmark studies in the literature aiming to address the economic impacts of climate change.
Similar to the damage functions described above and aside from the Stern review and upper estimates from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the consensus is that the economic costs of marginal warming will be small up to 2°C but begin to gather pace if we move toward 4°C.
This analysis indicates that output losses accelerate once warming exceeds 2°C, but that these effects are not likely to be felt for another 30 years.
It is this threshold which is apparent in investment studies such as that recently published by Mercer which finds negative returns to diversified portfolios once warming breaches 2°C.
However, let us not forget that warming unfolds over time and that actions today have implications for the future.
Since the process is largely irreversible over the medium term, the global economy can be seen to have committed to a certain degree of future warming already.
A 2014 World Bank study titled "Turn Down the Heat. Confronting the New Climate Normal" estimates that warming of close to 1.5°C above pre-industrial times is locked into the earth's atmospheric system and is thus unavoidable.
According to the same study, without reasonable action to reduce emissions, the earth is on track for 2°C warming by mid-century and 4°C or more by the end of the century.
Stern (2006) also estimates that without action to reduce emissions, the concentration of greenhouse gases could double their pre-industrial levels as early as 2035, almost committing the world to temperature increases of over 2°C.
Investors should use a range of climate damage functions
For investors assessing the value of a stream of income, these projections are critical and we would suggest using a range of climate damage functions given the uncertainty over each.
Expressing future economic losses in today's prices requires discounting the loss in output back to the present day.
By its nature, small changes in the discount rate cause large changes in loss estimates given the very long time horizon in which climate change is expected to occur.
When attempting to quantify the impact climate change will have on a diversified portfolio, Covington and Thamotheram (2015) use a discount rate of 6.5%. In contrast the Stern review (2006) uses 1.4% (0.1% above expected consumption growth), so it is unsurprising that Stern's estimates forecast greater costs of climate change than many other studies.
Given the decline in long-term interest rates since the Global Financial Crisis, it seems using a rate toward the lower end of recent studies would be reasonable.
Please find below a list of relevant references for research mentioned in this article.
Covington. H and Thamotheram. R (2015), "The Case for Forceful Stewardship (Part 1): The Financial Risk from Global Warming", Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2551478 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2551478
Covington.H and Thamotheram.R (2015), "The Case for Forceful Stewardship (Part 2): Managing Climate Risk (January 19, 2015), Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2551485 and http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2551485
Dietz.S & Stern.N (2014), "Endogenous growth, convexity of damages and climate risk: how Nordhaus' framework supports deep cuts in carbon emissions", Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy, Working Paper No.180
IPCC (2014), "Summary for Policymakers. In: Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability. Part A: Global and Sectoral Aspects. Contribution of Working Group II to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change" [Field, C.B., V.R. Barros, D.J. Dokken, K.J. Mach, M.D. Mastrandrea, T.E. Bilir, M. Chatterjee, K.L. Ebi, Y.O. Estrada, R.C. Genova, B. Girma, E.S. Kissel, A.N. Levy, S. MacCracken, P.R. Mastrandrea, and L.L. White (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA, pp. 1-32.
Lagarde.C. (2013) "A New Global Economy for a New Generation." Speech given at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, Davos, January 23rd, 2013
Mendelsohn.R (2013), "Climate Change and Economic Growth, Commission on Growth and Development", Working paper no.60
Mendelsohn.R, Schlesinger.M and Williams.L (2000) "Comparing Impacts Across Climate Models" Integrated Assessment 1, pp. 37-48.
Mendelsohn.R, Morrison.W, Schlesinger.M and Andronova.N (2000), "Country-specific Market Impacts of Climate Change", Climatic Change, 45(3– 4): 553–69
Nordhaus.W (2013), "The Climate Casino", Yale University Press
Pearce.D.W, Cline.W.R, Achanta.A.N, Fankhauser.S, Pachauri.R.K, Tol.R.S.J. and Vellinga.P (1996), "The Social Costs of Climate Change: Greenhouse Damage and the Benefits of Control", In Bruce, J.P., Lee, H. and Haites, E.F., (Eds.) (eds.) Climate Change 1995: Economic and Social Dimensions, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
Stern.N (2006), "Stern Review on The Economics of Climate Change (pre-publication edition). Executive Summary", HM Treasury, London. Archived from the original on 31 January 2010
Stern.N (2006), "Stern Review on The Economics of Climate Change, PART II: The Impacts of Climate Change on Growth and Development". HM Treasury, London. Archived from the original on 31 January 2010
Weitzman.M (2012), "GHG Targets as Insurance against Catastrophic Climate Damages", Journal of Public Economic Theory, 14 (2), 2012, pp.221-244
World Bank (2014), "Turn Down the Heat: Confronting the New Climate Normal", Washington,
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Healthy bonus Vitamin K and folate from the escarole
- Yield
- Makes 6 servings
- 8 cups (2 quarts) chicken broth
- 1 tsp lemon zest
- 2 bay leaves
- 1/2 medium onion, grated
- 1 whole boneless, skinless chicken breast (about 8 ounces), halved
- 1 head escarole (about 3 cups), rinsed and cut into 1-inch squares
- 6 tbsp freshly grated Parmesan
- Bring broth to a boil in a large soup pot over medium-high, then stir in zest, bay leaves and onion. Add chicken, reduce heat to low and simmer 10 minutes. Remove chicken and cool before cutting into bite-size pieces. Return soup to a boil, then stir in escarole and chicken pieces. Reduce heat and simmer, covered, another 5 minutes. Remove bay leaves. Salt and pepper; garnish each bowl with 1 tbsp Parmesan.
Nutritional analysis per serving 124 calories, 3.8 g fat (1.5 g saturated fat), 3.4 g carbohydrates, 17.6 g protein, 1 g fiber


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Security Officers maintain a safe and secure environment at University of Kentucky's HealthCare facilities' by protecting guests, visitors, staff, and property.
The major job responsibilities of the University of Kentucky Security Officer include performing patrol and sitting posts, providing customer service, completing reports and forms, and attending trainings.
Security Officers experience both high pace activity in response to high stress situations and also repetitive/routine activity to proactively serve and protect.
Specific duties include responding to assistance calls for disorderly patients and visitors, providing services including crisis intervention and conflict resolution, diffusing potentially volatile situations with due regard for the safety of all involved, and completing University forms and reports accurately and thoroughly. The position also requires sitting 72 hour holds, performing repetitive duties like relocking and unlocking doors, or monitoring video camera footage.
Security officers must be able to work overtime with short notice for extended periods of time.
Job Title
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1st shift - 6:45 am to 3:15 pm
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Days, Evenings, Nights, Weekends, Holidays, and mandatory Overtime.
This position will require candidates to take a polygraph examination as part of the University Police Department's employment process.
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Okay, lets get this out of the way: did you know the Cubs lost yesterday?
To the Cardinals in St. Louis?
Well, it's true.
And Sunday might be the wrong side of sweep number 2 in a row for our struggling favorite team.
But instead of talking about that, I was trying to think of something good about this summer, and I finally figured it out.
Yep, it's been pretty hot and the New Storms have been weird and scary, but still.
I can remember just a little bit ago when we had the blizzard and I borrowed Frank's snow blower and attacked half an alley with it and nearly died of a heart attack from over-exertion.
How did I survive?
I thought, "If I die, I won't have seen the Cubs win a World Series!"
So instead I lived.
To tell this story.
About winter.
And winter is okay but most of the time it's like kneeling on tacks.
Way back in the 80s, I used to live with my brother and this other guy, Jay, in a courtyard apartment at Cleveland and Fullerton.
My brother was coming back from a visit to Sedona, and, this is true - it rained that day, and sometimes when it rains in Sedona, tarantulas just start walking around on the roads.
Not making that up.
So Grog, that's his nickname, is driving with my dad to the airport.
They're not out of Sedona yet, and Grog spots one.
"Hey stop, I wanna put that tarantula in my suitcase and see if it survives the trip." he says.
He checked his bag and flew.
He came into the apartment, opened his suitcase and out walked our newest pet.
Probably it was named "Barnaby Jones" because he used to name his pets after detective shows.
We put it in an aquarium with a screen top.
Do you know what you feed tarantulas?
Neither did we.
Grog actually braved the frigid Chicago winter to go all the freaking way to a pet store and find out.
So he buys crickets.
We put some in with the tarantula and...nothing happened.
But over the next couple days he must have eaten them because there were sort of dead hollow cricket skins in the aquarium.
So Barnaby Jones lives with us for awhile, eating crickets.
It's fricking freezing out, so usually I'd come home and not go out again.
Watch tv or something.
And one day watching the tube, I look up and SERIOUSLY freaked out because the aquarium had cracks in it!
I thought, "BARNABY JONES CAN CRACK GLASS! He's the most frightening tarantula of all time."
I approached the aquarium with caution, because tarantulas can jump like 40 feet and sink their horrible teeth into your neck.
But as I got closer, the cracks seemed to...what the hell?
They're moving.
The cracks are moving!
They're moving because...THEY'RE ALIVE!
And they were alive because they weren't cracks at all.
They were actually thousands of little teeny tiny baby crickets all walking in perfect little lines up the glass on the inside of the aquarium, under the screen top, and down the glass on the outside and into the apartment.
Apparently Barnaby Jones didn't eat his dinner one night and instead his dinner made babies.
Here's the other thing about crickets: it's bad luck to kill them.
If you know anything at all about me from reading this blog, you know I've got a little superstition problem.
I caught as many as I could by sort of getting them on a piece of paper, running to the back door and shaking them off.
Shortly after that, Barnaby Jones died, leaving the spawn of his dinner to haunt us all winter long.
So as you watch these hideous Cub games repeat themselves over and over and over, just imagine it's FREEZING COLD outside and your whole apartment is going EEEee EEEee EEEee from bugs you cannot kill.
Okay maybe the Cubs are worse, but still at least it's not winter.
PS: I took the family to see "Cowboys and Aliens" instead of watching the game, and apparently I missed a Matt Holliday slide into Starlin Castro that looks very questionable online.
What the hell happened, guys?
PSPS: btw - the movie had me hooked with the trailers that came out last Christmas, but it's really a messy bunch of nothing. Just...not very good.


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I had to get this little gem of a conversation down in black and white, so I can refer my daughter to it one day when she has her own children...
We were waiting in line to drop her off at preschool.
Lila: Mom? Can I climb out through the way back?
Me: Nope.
Lila: Awww, come on Mom. Some of the other kids' moms let them climb out the way back.
Me: Well, I guess other kids have nicer moms than you do.
Lila: (very disgruntled) Yeah. And that's what I'm going to be when I grow up!
Me: What?
Lila: A nicer mom... I'm going to say "Yes!" to everything my kids ask to do!
Me: Yeah, good luck with that.
It's always a good start to the day when your parenting is critiqued by the five year old...


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Loudoun County could wind up losing $6 million a year if it is unfortunate enough to win one of the region's most highly sought-after federal agencies.
That's one scenario laid out by the Loudoun economic development department as the county seeks to make its case that the FBI should relocate to within its borders. The county released a briefing report Wednesday estimating that the FBI could wind up taking up to 85 acres of land off Loudoun's tax base that might otherwise be turned into a lucrative, privately developed commercial project. That's because Loudoun can't charge the federal government property taxes, while it could collect from a private developer.
"The potential opportunity cost, in terms of forgone revenue, could be as much as $6M per year if the above mentioned acreage is removed from potential future taxable use," the briefing memo stated. The FBI could wind up selecting a site in Loudoun that is owned by the federal government, which would lessen the economic loss.
The assessment was prepared for the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors, which met during an economic development committee Wednesday evening to discuss Loudoun's chances and strategy for luring the nation's leading law enforcement agency from its longtime home at 935 Pennsylvania Ave. NW in the District.
The county, just like neighboring Fairfax County, wants the FBI to select a site within its borders for a new headquarters. But the county wants to make sure the agency selects the right site, that being one that's already owned by the federal government and not being assessed property taxes.
Supervisor Ralph Buona, R-Ashburn, said ultimately the selection will come down to the right property and the right development proposal, not how hard local governments like Loudoun lobby the federal government. But he said the county has the chance to lay the backdrop by highlighting Loudoun's attributes.
"The developers will put in a response that is germane to their property, but someone has to go in and preach the Loudoun story," Buona was quoted in Leesburg Today as having said. "The county presentation would point out 'All the discriminators that brings Loudoun to the table.'"
Local governments across the Washington region have been scrambling and posturing for months to make a case that their turf should be home to the FBI if the agency decides to relocate from its aging longtime home in the District. The General Services Administration issued a request for information in December seeking ideas for where a new headquarters could be built, how much it would cost and raising the prospect of a land swap for the FBI's current home at the J. Edgar Hoover building in D.C.
The solicitation the FBI issued in December is just seeking information, not a binding proposal, and the county's briefing report raised questions about how much information the FBI and GSA will gather as part of the process. Ideas are due in early March, but the briefing memo said respondents are not likely to reveal their best ideas until the GSA issues a more formal and potentially binding request for proposals. The report also noted there is likely to be a gap under the land-swap scenario and that the federal government will need to put up more money for a new headquarters than the FBI's current site is worth. Read more about that in tomorrow's print edition of the Washington Business Journal.
The FBI is seeking between 40 and 55 acres of land for a new headquarters and needs about 2.1 million square feet of office space. The county believes there are a number of viable options, including one site owned by the United States Postal Service along Route 606, according to the Times. Some of those sites are privately owned, including the One Loudoun site which is also slated to become home to the minor league baseball Loudoun Hounds.
The county, and its competitors, aren't as much interested in the FBI itself as the commercial activity that would spring up around it. The headquarters is expected to draw other companies that do business with the FBI and related private developments such as new homes, offices, shops and restaurants that would generate tax revenue.Read the full story from the Washington Business Journal.


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TIAA-CREF will expand its Individual Advisory Services group by more than 45% by the end of 2014, adding more than 200 financial advisors to bring the total to 650, the Fortune 100 financial services firm announced Wednesday.
Hiring from banks, independent broker-dealers and wirehouses, IAS has grown from 260 client-facing advisors at the start of 2012 to its current level of 445. The firm's advisors work with clients with a minimum of $250,000 of investable assets across the country, providing personalized financial planning and advice over the phone, online or in person at one of TIAA-CREF's more than 90 offices nationwide. TIAA-CREF also plans to expand the number of local offices offering advisory services to more than 120 by the end of 2014.
The demand for additional advisors stemmed from greater client demand for individual attention, according to Kathie Andrade, executive vice president, head of Individual Advisory Services at TIAA-CREF.
"Our consultative, needs-based approach to financial planning and advice is helping establish a new standard in the market and creating significant client interest that we need more advisors to meet," Andrade said in a statement. "Our experience shows personalized advice makes a big difference in clients' retirement preparedness. In fact, those who receive advice from TIAA-CREF are five times more confident about their retirement than the average American worker."
IAS advisors work with an existing base of clients in both a registered investment advisor and broker-dealer capacity. TIAA-CREF offers retirement plan advice at no additional cost to clients. To manage the rapid growth of its advisor headcount, IAS offers programs including mentorship, peer coaching and ongoing training on investments, wealth management, new financial tools and company products.
Headquartered in New York City, TIAA-CREF has $523 billion in assets under management and serves 3.9 working and retired individuals. Much of the firm, founded by the Carnegie Foundation in 1918 when it created the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association, operates on a nonprofit basis. The College Retirement Equities Fund joined on in 1952, and Congress eliminated TIAA-CREF's tax-exempt status in 1998.
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Bloody evidence shown in teen's murder trial
Nathaniel Fujita charged in death of Lauren Astley
There was heartbreaking evidence displayed Tuesday at the trial of the Wayland man accused of murdering his former girlfriend
Nathaniel Fujita, 20, is charged in the death of 18-year-old Lauren Astley.
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State Trooper Anthony Delucia described what he found during a search of Fujita's home, detailing a pair of sneakers found in the defendant's bedroom that were covered with blood.
He also said a bag of clothes was found in the crawl space of Fujita's bedroom, and some of the clothes had blood and mud on them.
On Monday, Delucia described finding Astley's body in July 2011. He said Astley had only one shoe on, a bungee cord in her hair and her dress up around her neck.
Delucia told the jury he pulled the dress down from her neck.
"I saw a gaping wound to her neck," Delucia said.
Much of the testimony came from friends of Astley and the ex-boyfriend accused of murdering her.
Hannah Blahut, one of Astley's best friends, described a graduation party where she says Fujita was drunk and demanding to talk to Astley. When she refused, Fujita reportedly got angry.
"He walked up to one of the poles that was holding up the tent grabbed his fist and shoved it in," Blahut testified. "The entire tent started to shake as though it was going to fall down and about 100 people at the party went up and grabbed the tent trying to hold it up."